Grace

"Well, if it isn't the revered werewolf princess." A malicious female voice sounded behind me.

The moment the voice spoke, I was shocked. The ceramic plate in my hand crashed to the floor and I fell on the scattered shards.

The broken ceramic pierced my hands and knees.

My body's healing was slow because I had no wolf.

Still, my body tried to heal but it was futile.

The plate shards was embedded in my flesh. Trying to heal would do nothing.

A foot that covered in a pointy heeled shoe stepped on the back of my hand. This action caused the embedded ceramic shards to tear deeper into my flesh.

I groaned in pain and psychological tears sprouted from my eyes.

I didn't want to cry because crying gave them satisfaction but I could not control my tear ducts.

Pain brought tears. I was a normal mortal.

I didn't have a wolf so the pain would remain. I would not heal as fast as normal werewolves do.

"Oopsie. I didn't mean to cause you to fall. What should I do? Will the werewolf princess punish me?" The female voice said in false panic.

I could recognize that voice anywhere.

It belonged to Kiki.

She was my arch-nemesis.

I could not understand why she hated me with a passion.

Truly, I was maltreated and bullied by my pack, The Moonbloom Pack and everyday of my life was hell.

Still, Kiki took the bullying too far. She would not allow me to have any minute of peace to myself.

She was the daughter of a beta and she was a beta herself. She was friends with Annie Parker, the daughter of the pack's Alpha.

Her bullying and evil actions was still manageable before. It all changed for the worse when Julius, the son of Alpha Caleb and Luna Kelsey declared me to be his mate.

I thought I was living in hell before, I was wrong. From that moment onwards, I began to see true hell.

I stood up carefully without replying her.

Trying to fight back caused more injuries. For now, fighting back only exists in my imagination.

I hadn't even done anything and I was already living the worst version of my life. I can not imagine how worse my life would get when I decide to fight back against this pack.

No one cared to extend an helping branch to me.

They would call me a werewolf princess in a bid to mock my bloodline.

I, Grace Ryder came from the line of a special breed of werewolves.

In this world, there are two types of werewolves.

There is the normal werewolf and there is another type of werewolves we call the dark wolves.

They are also referred to as the lycans.

Normal werewolves are like the basic version of the lycans.

Lycans had more power hidden in their body, they could execute partial shift and everything about them was advanced.

The lycans sought to be in charge of normal werewolves but all the werewolves in the world disagreed.

This disagreement sparked war.

The lycans had no worries but the same couldn't be said for the werewolves.

They were losing more men in one battle than the lycans would ever lose in twenty battles.

Things wasn't looking good.

One of the werewolf generals discovered a special werewolf in one pack.

This werewolf wasn't a lycan but they could go toe to toe with a lycan.

This discovery came as a welcome surprise.

That unique werewolf was my ancestor.

My ancestor caused the lycans to suffer numerous losses.

Many victories went to the werewolves.

Back then, my pack, the Moonbloom Pack bragged about the fact that the special werewolf that saved the day was from their pack.

Still, a single unique werewolf can only give an advantage. It can not win the war totally.

Soon, both the lycans and werewolves came to a consensus.

Having a special werewolf helped in the negotiations.

The werewolf packs around the world had to give a virgin shewolf to the dark wolves to do as they wished every year.

The werewolf pack that is to offer the sacrifice would receive a black letter in advance.

I shook my head and cleared my thoughts.

I was a disgrace to my bloodline.

I had no wolf.

If my ancestors and family look at how I was doing now, they would just shake their head.

I only had a princess title that was useless. It didn't help me in any way. Instead, the royalty title that the Moonbloom Pack had given to my bloodline became the tool to mock me.

Still, there was nothing I could do.

I didn't have the capabilities to survive outside the Moonbloom Pack.

Rogues was widely unaccepted by all the werewolf packs in the world because of their reputation.

Leaving the Moonbloom Pack would push me to my death faster.

Now that there is now war to fight, my bloodline suddenly lost its usefulness.

To top it off, I was wolfless. I was barely stronger than a normal human.

The only light in my life was Julius. He was the Alpha that was next in line to rule the Moonbloom Pack.

When he declared me as his mate, it was the happiest days of my life.

My pain suddenly didn't matter too much anymore.

I looked forward to the days he would visit me.

One visit of his would wipe the accumulated agony and sadness away.

He was the light of my life. I was willing to do anything for him and I made sure I told him that.

He was my entire life.i was lucky to be his mate.

I was wolfless so I didn't feel the mate bond as intensely as he could. I only felt my heart race and a tingling feeling when he is nearby.

Still, I knew he was my mate.

I used to always wonder why Julius didn't help me with the daily bullying and maltreatment I was subject to.

Anytime those kinds of pessimistic thoughts crop up, I cut it short immediately.

Julius was just the son to the alpha of Moonbloom Pack now. I believed that if he became Alpha, he would make me his Luna.

All this bullying would stop then and I would able to live life happily.

It was those blissful thoughts that kept me from giving up and ending it all.

I bit my lips as I removed the ceramic shards that was stick in my flesh.

I tasted a metallic liquid in my mouth.

Without thinking twice, I knew it was blood.

Biting my lips kept me from screaming out loud.

Kiki was watching me like I was an animal in a human zoo.

No matter how angry she made me, I didn't speak.

I just kept removing the shards in my hands and knees.

I still have to complete cleaning the used dishes. I also have to help the kitchen ladies to prepare the food for those living in the pack house.

There was other people present in the section of the kitchen I was in but they watched on with cold eyes.

I wasn't expecting any help in the first place so the hurt I felt when they watched was suppressed.

One of Kiki's friends came in and whispered something in her ears.

I would have been able to hear what Kiki's friend said to her if I was a normal shewolf.

I finally removed all the embedded shards.

My work had a time limit.

If I wanted an alone time, I had to know how to mage my time.

I didn't want to waste precious time by going back to the shack I was living in.

I tore a strip of cloth from the ragged gown I was wearing.

I tied the injured areas sloppily before continuing my work.

The wounds would heal in hours or days. There wasn't any need to sacrifice the little time I might spend with Julius to get rags from my shack.

"Grace." Kiki called.

Her voice was like the call of death.

Goosebumps rose on my flesh.

I had tuned them out before to go is on washing the used plates.

Kiki was smiling at me.

Her eyes was hiding a type of glee though.

For some reason, my heart turned heavy.

Warning bells was ringing in my head.

I don't remember when Kiki smiled at me.

Now, she was doing something out of the norms.

It made my hackles rise.

"What do you want?" I said.

My voice was quiet and raspy from not using it frequently.

Julius occasionally compliments my voice though. His compliment made me like my voice.

Kiki raised her hands in mock surrender.

"Stop speaking like I always disturb you. Or, is the werewolf princess still angry about my mistake of pushing you accidentally?" Kiki asked.

I shook my head as an answer before I continued staring at her.

I wanted her to stop wasting my time.

She should say what she wanted to tell me so I could go back to my work.

I don't want to appear before Alpha Caleb again because of a complaint.

It wouldn't end well for me.

One of the reasons I manage my time well is because I wanted to create a space for my own personal time that I could use anyhow I wanted.

The second reason is because it would bring me trouble.

Alpha Caleb would use that as an excuse to punish me.

My lips twitched.

No, he would use my mistake as a leverage to torture me.

My body had been feeling very weak lately.

I don't think I would be able to take it.

"What do you want?" I repeated again.

I didn't want to stoke Kiki's anger but I had to choose the lesser of the two evils.

Letting Alpha Caleb get his hands on me would be the worst scenerio. I can still bear with whatever thing Kiki wants to dish to me.

Alpha Caleb's punishments always leave me half-dead.

I think he loves seeing me in pain.

His obsessive glee at my crumbled state flashed in my mind.

I shook the mental nightmare off.

Kiki narrowed her eyes, "Are you trying to challenge me?"

I shook my head, "No. I am just following the alpha's instructions. He wants me to be done with this chore in fifteen minutes."

I had to bring on the Alpha card.

Every member of the Moonbloom Pack feared Alpha Caleb. I was included.

Kiki smiled again.

I was convinced that this girl was a psychopath and a sociopath combined into one entity.

"No need to worry. I just want to ask for a favor from you." Kiki explained.

She said she was asking for a favor but I did not have the liberty to refuse. I had to agree to her request.

She went to speak to one of the shewolves that worked in the kitchen.

She whispered something to her. The kitchen lady pointed to the huge and white fridge in the corner.

Kiki smiled in appreciation before going to the fridge.

She opened the fridge and brought out a creamy cake. The cake was filled with light colors that made it visually appetizing.

He walked up to me and stretched her hand to give me the plate that held the cake.

"Please, give this cake to Cassandra. She is with Julius in his room. It seemed like they were discussing business." Kiki explained the favor she wanted me to render, "She sent my friend here to request for the cake. I have something to do. I would have brought it to her myself."

I nodded and I collected the plate from her.

Cassandra was a beta like Kiki but their status was different.

If Julius is the alpha that was next in line to rule the Moonbloom Pack, Cassandra was the beta that was next in line to support Julius in his rule.

She was the goddess in the hearts of may people, I was included in that group of people.

She was everything I aspired to be.

She was beautiful, smart and charismatic. She fit all the bills.

I mostly see her with Julius. I knew they were probably preparing for their cooperation in the future.

I felt a little happy with Kiki's task. I would be able to get a glance of the love of my life.

I knew Julius' room.

I had to clean it periodically.

I got to Julius' room in haste.

I was about to knock the door before pushing it open if I hear an affirmative for me to come in.

The sound brought a blush to my cheeks before the blush faded as soon as it appeared when I came to the conclusion of what it signified.

I heard a moan from a woman and a man's grunt.

I could recognize who the voices belonged too.

The voices belonged to Cassandra and Julius.

I wasn't a fool.

I might have not experience the physical connection between a man and woman but I have seen it.

I have heard about it too.

Some werewolves would fool around with each other before getting their mate.

I don't know how many times I stumbled upon an embarrassing scene.

I was numb for a few seconds.

My hand froze in the middle if my action of trying to knock the door.

Cassandra's voice said with her tone still heavy with pleasure and desire, "When are you going to deal with that useless werewolf princess?"

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